FM Preview: Sheffield United v Yeovil Town 10 Jan 2012

By Footymad PreviewerLast updated : 09 January 2012

Yeovil Town face a trip to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Tuesday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season

Date

Team

Result

Team

Comp

2011/2012

Sat 27 Aug

Yeovil Town

0 - 1

Sheff. Utd.

League One

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Recent respective form guides

Sheffield United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the The Blades, with 5 goals against.

The Glovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Glovers, and 11 goals against.

Sheffield United are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 47 points from 24 games.

Yeovil Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower League One with a return of just 21 points from their 24 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

P

Sheffield United

6

5

0

1

15

6

15

Yeovil Town

6

1

2

3

5

9

5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The Glovers are doing reasonably well on their travels in recent games, but FootyMad think this will not be enough to stop what should be a relatively comfortable home win for Sheffield United. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team

Sequences

Sheffield United

Won 7 successive home games.8 games since last home draw.Not drawn a match in their last 10 .

Yeovil Town

Previous 3 away games have finished all-square.Not won in previous 3 away matches.No win in the 5 most recent games.

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